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The Moroccan government plans an increase in public investments to 230 billion dirhams and an injection of 45 billion dirhams to help the economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic repercussions. The measure was laid down in a draft budget law approved at a ministerial council chaired by King Mohammed VI at the Royal Palace in […]
Morocco’s Islamic affairs ministry said it will open 10,000 mosques for the five daily prayers, including the Friday prayer, while strictly applying protective measures to prevent contagion among worshipers. Morocco reopened a number of mosques on July 15 for the five daily prayers except the Fri-day Prayer after the lifting of the lockdown. […]
The Moroccan government Council, held Thursday in Rabat, has decided to extend the state of health emergency until November 10, 2020, as part of efforts aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Council adopted the draft decree extending the state of health emergency throughout the national territory from Saturday, October 10 […]
Authorities have extended the restrictive measures to contain the coronavirus for the second time for two more weeks as the city remains the hardest hit by the virus in the country. Recently, over 40% of total cases registered in Morocco were found in Casablanca, Morocco’s most populous city and its economic powerhouse. On September 7, […]
To help tourism sector recover quickly from the impact of Covid-19, Moroccan authorities decided on Thursday to ease covid-19 entry requirements for international travelers. Starting October 1st, foreign visitors will have to show a negative PRC test taken in the last 72 hours instead of 48 hours required previously before arriving in the country. The […]
Morocco is expanding its testing capacity for Covid-19 by opening the door for laboratories to test for the virus provided they respect a set of requirements. Morocco, which so far tested 2.58 million people for the virus, had earlier this month allowed 18 private laboratories across Morocco to test for the coronavirus to alleviate the […]
About one million Moroccan students of 2,265 schools have chosen this year remote learning to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, said Education Minister Saïd Amzazi. In his presentation made during latest Govt’s Council meeting, the minister said 118 schools were closed after 413 students, 807 teachers, 129 administrative staff and 79 civil servants tested […]
The losses of the tourism sector since the outbreak of the coronavirus last March rose to 18.3 billion dirhams ($2 bln) down 90.1% compared to last year, the national tourism observatory reported. The figure reflects the hard blow ensued by the tourism sector which represents 7% of Morocco’s GDP and employs directly more than 500,000 […]
Morocco and China’s Sinopharm CNBG have signed an agreement to carry out tests for the new coronavirus vaccine, which so far exceeded the required number by six as members of different security services topped the list of volunteers, the Moroccan media said. Most volunteers were from the Royal Armed forces, Auxiliary forces, the Royal Gendarmerie, […]
A Fez-based Moroccan company has successfully designed and manufactured “fast, efficient and inexpensive” ultraviolet disinfecting machines. The devices manufactured by “Atlas Invention” allow to “deeply” disinfect an average-sized room in just about fifteen minutes, according to the company officials. Unlike conventional devices using vaporization, UVC devices emit ultraviolet rays using variable electric power lamps. These […]